New Trolley To Haunt SB

The Santa Barbara Trolley Company will introduce a new tour today called “Haunted Santa Barbara” that promises to strike fear in skeptics and the paranormal-obsessed alike.

Gauchos Tied Up With Late Northridge Score

Some days, nothing goes right. The Gauchos just had one of those days. In front of a crowd of over 2,500 fans, UCSB blew two leads and squandered several opportunities on their way to a 2-2 tie with conference rival Cal State Northridge.

Frying Chicken Fries Kitchen

Firefighters responded to an apartment fire at 6538 Sabado Tarde Rd. yesterday afternoon, where flames erupted after a resident accidentally left his stove on with oil sitting on it.

40 Ounces to Competition

With parties, kickbacks, shindigs, cocktail hours and box socials going on seven nights a week in I.V., it’s pathetically easy to string together an epic bender of intervention-worthy proportions, and that’s a major reason why I absolutely love this place. However, drinking every night among casual acquaintances gets dangerously close to alcoholic hockey mom territory.

Q&A: Artsweek Chats With Torquil Campbell of Stars

Artsweek’s interview with Torquil Campbell, lead singer of indie rock’s Stars.

Santa Barbara Aims to Shoot Up Long Beach

To Gaucho sophomore setter Dana Vargas, Saturday’s match at the Walter Pyramid against Long Beach State is more than just a traditional Big West volleyball rivalry.

If You Don’t Want to Vote, Don’t

Every four years we have this wonderful thing called the Presidential Election. A time to dust off the old biases, dig a deep trench and tell the other side how wrong they are. This is a time I love, a time of fun. One thing I hate, though, is the pleading TV shows, ads, people, etc. trying to get others to vote. Why do we want people who don’t want to vote to vote?

Web Networks Aid Employers

Facebook aficionados beware: A nation-wide investigation has confirmed that college admission officers – at both the undergraduate and graduate level – do indeed reference social networking sites when considering applicants.

Stars Light a Fire in the Hub

I rarely visit the Hub these days, though back in my days working for UCen Catering, I would venture over to Wendy’s every once in awhile. Last Friday night, however, I had the good fortune of returning in order to check out a band I had always liked, Montreal’s Stars, and finding out in the process that my adoration of this band has grown exponentially.

Gaviota Coast Needs Saving

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors is preparing to vote Monday, Oct. 13 on whether or not to save Naples from the private gated community of more than 70 mansions that an Orange County developer wants to put there.